RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPALS' SUPERVISION STRATEGIES AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EDO CENTRAL SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between principals' supervision strategies and
effective management of instruction in public secondary schools in Edo Central Senatorial
District, Edo State, Nigeria. The study was guided by two (2) research questions, while two
hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study focused on all
the public secondary schools in Edo Central Senatorial District, Edo State, Nigeria. The
study adopted the survey research based on ex-post facto design. The population of this study
consisted of all the one hundred and thirty-eight (138) Junior and Senior Public Secondary
School principals in the five Local Government Areas (LGAs) that make up Edo Central
Senatorial District of Edo State. The simple random sampling technique was adopted in
selecting 69 principals from the 138 junior and senior public secondary school principals in
Edo Central Senatorial District. In achieving this, a proportion of 40% was used in selecting
the number of principals in each of the five (5) Local Government Areas. Also, a total of 371
teachers from a total population of 889 teachers were selected and this constituted 41.7% of
the total number of teachers in the district. A questionnaire titled Principals' Supervision
Strategies and Effective Management Questionnaire' (PSUSEMAQ) and Principals' And
Teachers' Supervision Strategies and Effective Management Questionnaire (PTSUSEMAQ)
were the two instruments used to gather data for the study. The data obtained were analyzed
using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Statistics. The study revealed among others that
there was a significant positive relationship between visitation-observation, workshop and
effective management of instruction in public secondary schools in Edo Central Senatorial
District, Edo State, Nigeria. Based on the findings, the study recommended that the
principals should continue to employvisitation-observation and workshop supervision
strategies.